Itâs competition time for the ACR pro team, with five hopefuls sharing the Punterâs Pad Season 3 and hoping to bag a $115,000 Triton London package!
Ryan Depaulo, Drew Gonzalez, Ebony Kenney, Rob Kuhn and Jon Pardy are the Americas Cardroom pros vying for superiority, with WSOP cashes mixed with challenges deciding the winner.
Each player has a $20k bankroll for the ongoing World Series in Vegas, the first episode of Punterâs Pad kicking off with ACR ambassador Chris Moneymaker introducing the action.
âYou're going to play all summer in different WSOP events, $20,000 total leading up to the Main Event,â the legendary 2003 WSOP main Event champ informed the group.
âWhoever has the highest earnings â wait, hold on, I see who is in the room here...for you guys, the lowest losses! â gets to go to London!â
Moneymaker ended his surprise announcement with a âGood luck and try not to lose all $20k too fast!â
$115,000 worth of Triton London tourney buy-ins awaits the winner, along with business class airfare and 12 nights accommodation - a package worthy of a WSOP contest.
Weekly challenges will liven up the gaps between the WSOP tables, the first seeing the famous five take on a 6-hole putting challenge, Jon Pardy the winner, which means he escaped the public vote.
That vote was to decide who âforfeitsâ and has to max. late reg their next WSOP tourney, a potential blow to winning the overall competition. Rob Kuhn was the unfortunate loser...
...while winner Pardy was also the star of the opening episode of Punter's Pad Season 3 in a different way, the Canadian revealing his often-troubled journey from pro hockey wannabe to ACR pro.
Injuries, pain and potential surgery, along with substance abuse addiction, and then Big Brother Canada and Thirst lounge appearances makes for a crazy ride, and you can catch it all on Punterâs Pad 3 now.